Crispin assis, la main sur la garde de son épée (Crispin Seated, Hand on his Sword) from "Figures de différents caractères"
François Boucher, French, 1703 - 1770
after Jean-Antoine Watteau, French, 1684 - 1721
1726; published after 1739
Etching on laid paper
Sheet: 12 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (31.9 × 23.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.964.187
Publisher
Gabriel Huquier, Paris
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, within image, upper right: XXV; inscribed, in plate, within image, lower right: 57.; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin : Watteau del; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: Huquier ex. C.P.R; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: B.Sc.
Provenance
Dr. David James, Miami, Florida; sold to present collection, 1964.
Catalogue Raisonne
P. Jean-Richard, L'Oeuvre grave de Francois Boucher, Paris, 1978, no. 59.
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